On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
Well, I disagree. I don't see how keeping users "at our sites" as long as possible is a method to meet that mission. I don't see how having users do their social networking at wikiwhatever.org helps people develop educational content under a free license. Getting users to come to "our sites" in the first place can be helpful, and creating plugins for sites like Facebook would do that.
* By making contacts with other experts from the same field by using social networking possibilities of Wikimedia projects. While this is alone a part of our goals, this would raise quality of their involvement in Wikimedia projects. * By keeping *their* knowledge (i.e. their personal work) inside of their "Wikipedia advanced profiles" and sharing relevant references with others. Conclusion is similar to the previous. * By on site for a lot of time, like a lot of people are a lot of time on FB and similar sites; which would enhance communication between participants and work on new knowledge. * By making a strong connection their scientific work (which don't need to be free, or even public; which they would be able to keep privately) with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, which would produce their higher involvement in the projects. * By having [creative] fun at Wikimedia sites, which would produce their higher involvement in Wikimedia projects. * (And, possibly, much more reasons which one HR manager may list here better than I am able.)
While I don't have anything against making such project out of Wikimedia, I don't see that any project of that type has such potential.